PHYSICIAN NET WORTH: Versus Average Family

By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP®

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Average Net Worth of an American Family

Both median and average family net worth surged between 2019 and 2022, according to the U.S. Federal Reserve. Average net worth increased by 23% to $1,063,700, the Fed reported in October 2023, the most recent year it published the data. Median net worth, on the other hand, rose 37% over that same period to $192,900.

You might wonder why the average and median net worth figures are so different. That’s because when you take the average of something, you add together every value in a data set and then divide that figure by the number of individual values.

When calculating a median, you simply look at the middle figure within a data set. That said, an average figure can be significantly higher or lower than a median figure if there are extreme outliers – meaning a group of people with significantly more net worth than the rest of the group can bring the average higher.

Average Net Worth by Age

The average net worth of someone younger than 35 years old is $183,500, as of 2022. From there, average net worth steadily rises within each age bracket. Between 35 to 44, the average net worth is $549,600, while between 45 and 54, that number increases to $975,800. Average net worth surges above the $1 million mark between 55 to 64, reaching $1,566,900.

Average net worth again rises for those ages 65 to 74, to $1,794,600, before falling to $1,624,100 for the 75 and older group. The median net worth within every single age bracket, however, is much lower than the average net worth.

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Physicians [MD/DO] Net Worth by Specialty

A 2023 Medscape report shows the top 10 specialties with the most survey respondents saying they are worth more than $5 million.

  1. Plastic Surgery (31% of all survey respondents)
  2. Orthopedics (28%)
  3. Gastroenterology (25%)
  4. Urology (23%)
  5. Cardiology (22%)
  6. Ophthalmology (18%)
  7. Radiology (17%)
  8. Oncology (17%)
  9. Pathology (14%)
  10. Ob/Gyn (14%)

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STATISTICS: Physicians Beware

Over Heard in the Doctor’s Lounge

By Staff Reporters

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Statistics is a discipline that deals with data, facts, and figures from which meaningful information is inferred. It involves gathering, summarizing, and analyzing data to understand trends and patterns. Statistics can be divided into two main types: descriptive statistics, which summarize data, and inferential statistics, which make predictions or inferences about a population based on a sample

But, reading statistical income information can be full of pitfalls. One needs to look at the mean and median. Both give useful information. By comparing the two, one can ascertain if there are outliers that affect the results.

Example:

If a sample of 10 physicians has one earning $1,000,000 and the other nine earning $100,000, the average (mean) income is $190,000; but the median income is $100,000.

Just using this information alone, one can tell there are some outliers that could affect the results.

Dr. Edmond F. Mertzenich, DPM MBA [Rockford, IL]

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Example:

Lies, damned lies, and statistics” is a phrase describing the persuasive power of statistics to bolster weak arguments, “one of the best, and best-known” critiques of applied statistics. It is also sometimes colloquially used to doubt statistics used to prove an opponent’s point.

-Benjamin Disraeli [1st Earl of Beaconsfield]

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PODCAST: A Full Course on Bio-Statistics

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Biostatistics are the development and application of statistical methods to a wide range of topics in biology. It encompasses the design of biological experiments, the collection and analysis of data from those experiments and the interpretation of the results.

The following topics of #biostatistics are discussed in this course

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